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Table 3 Clinical adverse events potentially associated with complicated diarrhea (safety population)

From: Patterns of occurrence and implications of neratinib-associated diarrhea in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer: analyses from the randomized phase III ExteNET trial

Adverse event, N (%)

Neratinib (N = 1408)

Placebo (N = 1408)

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 4

Nausea

439 (31.2)

140 (9.9)

26 (1.8)

0

269 (19.1)

32 (2.3)

2 (0.1)

0

Vomitinga

221 (15.7)

101 (7.2)

47 (3.3)

0

86 (6.1)

21 (1.5)

5 (0.4)

0

Fatiguea

256 (18.2)

103 (7.3)

23 (1.6)

0

214 (15.2)

62 (4.4)

6 (0.4)

0

Abdominal paina

232 (16.5)

82 (5.8)

24 (1.7)

0

119 (8.5)

22 (1.6)

3 (0.2)

0

Abdominal pain upper

160 (11.4)

41 (2.9)

11 (0.8)

0

85 (6.0)

8 (0.6)

3 (0.2)

0

Decreased appetitea

136 (9.7)

30 (2.1)

3 (0.2)

0

34 (2.4)

6 (0.4)

0

0

Weight decreased

44 (3.1)

23 (1.6)

1 (0.1)

0

5 (0.4)

2 (0.1)

0

0

Pyrexia

66 (4.7)

13 (0.9)

0

0

47 (3.3)

8 (0.6)

0

0

Dehydration

12 (0.9)

26 (1.8)

12 (0.9)

1 (0.1)

2 (0.1)

2 (0.1)

1 (0.1)

0

Neutropenia

5 (0.4)

13 (0.9)

0

1 (0.1)

7 (0.5)

4 (0.3)

2 (0.1)

0

Nephrotoxicity

13 (0.9)

5 (0.4)

7 (0.5)

1 (0.1)

4 (0.3)

2 (0.1)

0

0

 Blood creatinine increased

9 (0.6)

3 (0.2)

1 (0.1)

1 (0.1)

3 (0.2)

1 (0.1)

0

0

 Blood urea increased

1 (0.1)

1 (0.1)

1 (0.1)

0

0

0

0

0

 Glomerular filtration rate decreased

1 (0.1)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Protein urine present

0

0

0

0

0

1 (0.1)

0

0

 Renal failure

0

1 (0.1)

3 (0.2)

0

0

0

0

0

 Acute renal failure

1 (0.1)

1 (0.1)

3 (0.2)

0

0

0

0

0

 Renal function test abnormal

1 (0.1)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Renal impairment

0

0

0

0

1 (0.1)

0

0

0

Hypokalemia

17 (1.2)

0

4 (0.3)

1 (0.1)

11 (0.8)

0

5 (0.4)

0

Hyponatremia

4 (0.3)

0

5 (0.4)

0

2 (0.1)

0

5 (0.4)

2 (0.1)

  1. aMissing grades: vomiting (placebo, n = 1), fatigue (placebo, n = 1), abdominal pain (neratinib, n = 2), and decreased appetite (neratinib, n = 1)